Program Outcomes for Online MPH

The online Master of Public Health (MPH) from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota was designed according to national standards for public health instruction. You’ll receive a high-quality education that prepares you for success in this important field.

Saint Mary’s has also defined a series of foundational outcomes, including skills in policy, leadership, communication, planning, and management, as well as evidence-based approaches.

1. Collaborate with the community in the practice of public health and healthcare systems and incorporate interprofessional practice.
• Compare the organization, structure and function of healthcare, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings.
• Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels.
• Perform effectively on interprofessional teams.

2. Promote health equity through culturally competent community-level communication and engagement plans.
• Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies, or programs.
• Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content.

3. Integrate public health behavior change theories, interventions, planning and management strategies that promote health.
• Assess population needs, assets, and capacities that affect communities’ health.
• Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention.
• Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management.
• Select methods to evaluate public health programs.

4. Select public health practices based on scientific evidence.
• Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice.
• Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, and computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.
• Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy or practice.

5. Incorporate public health planning, management, and evaluation practices that ensure inclusive practices for optimal health for all.
• Discuss multiple dimensions of optimal health, including the roles of ethics and evidence.
• Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes.
• Advocate for social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.
• Evaluate outcomes and plans for their impact on public health and health equity.

6. Communicate in public health settings and apply ethical public health leadership and system thinking skills to promote inclusive and respectful collaboration with communities.
• Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation.
• Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors.
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges.
• Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration, and guiding decision making.
• Apply systems thinking tools to a public health issue.